A prospective study of physician pre-hospital anaesthesia in trauma patients: oesophageal intubation, gross airway contamination and the ‘quick look’ airway assessment

Table 1 The ‘quick look’ airway assessment - predicted difficulty and laryngoscopy grade

		Difficult	Easy	Total
Prediction from the ‘quick look’ assessment		119 (30%)	281 (70%)	n	%
Prediction from the ‘quick look’ assessment		119 (30%)	281 (70%)	400	100
Grade of laryngoscopy at first look	I & II	79 (20%)	254 (64%)	333	83
Grade of laryngoscopy at first look	III & IV	40 (10%)	27 (7%)	67	17

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